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Hello everyone! I am a brand new member and I find myself here mainly (though not completely) because I moved to Fort Worth, TX a couple years ago and I keep finding fossils in my yard. My curiosity, which usually starts with me picking up a rock and saying to myself "What on Earth is this?" finally drove me to the internet to find some answers. I identified (sort of) a couple of things but others not so much. Anyway, I stumbled upon his form, decided to join, and am genuinely enthusiastic about it! I have always been fascinated by fossils...and now it looks like I'll be able to learn a few things as this appears to be a very well organized group. Thank you for allowing me to join!

Hello, This is my first post since joining. I found a few items in my backyard in the past week I found interesting. One of them I was able to identify on Lance Hall's site (northtexasfossils.com) as a Macraster washitae echinoid. At least that's what it said above the picture in his site (I have absolutely no expertise). Apparently that's some kind of urchin. Cool! That's the first one. Because I have found other obvious fossils in my yard now I am suspicious of every rock I pick up. I'm afraid I'm losing objectivity over whether I'm looking at, I guess you would call them "nature rocks", that are just funny shaped rocks or whether its really a fossil. Well, the second one here looks to me like a section of two teeth. Maybe it is, and maybe it isn't. Before I moved here I would have looked at it and thought nothing of it. I throw myself upon your expertise! Are these teeth? Note: The echinoid is 5.5 cm long and the "teeth" rock is 6.5 cm from the top of the rock to the bottom. I believe I am firmly within the Cretaceous. Fort Worth, TX.

I am new to the site and had a question on asteroceras and how common they are to find in Texas or the U.S. for that matter. Any information would be greatly appreciated, thank you. I attached a few images of the fist few I've found still have a huge bucket to go through.